Quote Originally Posted by Jo-n-NY
I had my first pt appt yesterday and I am going again tomorrow. He said I am extremely tight and I had to breath deeply through his gentle pulling of my arm. I am trying not to wear the sling because my shoulder is tilted down and my elbow is still crooked. He did say it will take time, but I will be back to normal in a few weeks he believes. And yes, I do and will do my exercises religously.
...JoAnn
JoAnn, my hip area was super tight too, all through PT. I stretched like crazy (hip flexors, hamstrings, inner thighs mostly), but it took a long time to regain flexibility. I've come a long way in that, as well as rebuilding strength in the surrounding muscles. I still stretch my inner thighs most every night to keep the adductor muscles flexible since that was the single tightest area I had to deal with during recovery.

It is definitely a long road, but with your determination and return to riding plan in place, you will succeed. Just be prepared for bad days and good days - everyone told me I would have them, and they were right. There are still some days where my hip is inexplicably tight and a bit sore (perhaps I overdid it the day before, or even sat too long in one position), and other days where I barely remember anything ever happened to me, and I'm almost six months out from my surgery.

Keep us posted - you have a lot of friends pulling for you out here!

Emily